Reading Time: 2 minutes A Cambridge company that helps fruit growers produce more fruit, be more efficient and increase sustainability by using drone technology and artificial intelligence has successfully
Reading Time: 3 minutes Two new dynamic and highly relevant events have been developed by the UK’s Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) to educate and arm the industry in terms
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC), in conjunction with the University of Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology (LIAT), will present two exciting, new events for the
Reading Time: < 1 minute A new project has received a substantial grant to detect potato diseases and defects before they hit supermarket shelves. Agritech firm B-Hive Innovations’ project has
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Dutch vertical farming start-up, FarmVent, has developed an in-door micro-farming solution. It is an autonomous farm vending machine, created to make food production easier
Reading Time: 3 minutes Modern farming relies heavily on agritech. From using technologies like blockchain to measure the food supply chain, to having IoT sensors placed in the ground to test
Reading Time: 3 minutes Robots have come to populate factories, warehouses, war zones, and even our homes. From the Terminator films to Steven Spielberg’s A.I. or the TV series Westworld, science fiction is full of
Reading Time: 3 minutes In its latest launch of new tractor models New Holland firmly committed itself to Agriculture 4.0, a term that has started creeping into the public consciousness without
Reading Time: < 1 minute With the much-loved FPC Fresh Awards returning this year, celebrity presenter, Chris Bavin, joined Chief Executive of the Fresh Produce Industry (FPC) Nigel Jenney to
Reading Time: 5 minutes The makers of robot weeders say the machines can reduce pesticide use and be part of a more sustainable food system In the corner of
Reading Time: 3 minutes Today the Internet has become ubiquitous, has touched almost every corner of the globe, and is affecting human life in unimaginable ways. It can now
Reading Time: 3 minutes FPC Future, taking place on 4 November at the Lincolnshire Showground, is proud to announce one of its special features, the Dutch Pavilion, is filling
Reading Time: 2 minutes A robotics solution to horticultural labour shortages is being developed to help secure the availability of the UK’s favourite salad veg – the lettuce. Agri-tech
Reading Time: 3 minutes With the global demand for food escalating, vertical farms are becoming a critical component of agriculture’s future. They use robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence
Reading Time: 3 minutes In response to demand, agritech company Hectre, creators of computer vision AI solutions, are now extending their fruit type coverage to cherries. “We’ve received requests
Reading Time: 4 minutes There are numerous technologies being developed to tackle the challenges faced by farmers in our ever-changing world. Here, we explore some of the most popular
Reading Time: 3 minutes For a long time, creating the perfect plant recipe has been a mere pipe dream for indoor growers as they look to achieve optimal crop
Reading Time: 3 minutes With the world’s population growing daily, the concept of smart farming has become far more than just a pipedream – it’s now an urgent requirement.
Reading Time: 2 minutes The 50/50 joint venture (JV) between Bosch and BASF Digital Farming to globally market and sell smart farming technologies from a single source has now
Reading Time: 3 minutes As we journey into a 5G connected world the challenge of achieving true sustainability becomes more relevant than ever. Energy efficiency needs to be a
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